Chaucer, GeoffreyWorks. The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, with Divers Addicions, whiche were Never in Printe Before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere. First issue of the Stowe Edition London: John Kyngston for Jhon Wight. Very Good. 1561. Fifth edition, first issue; First. First issue of the Stow Edition with Chaucer&#39;s arms dated 1560 and before the second issue woodcut additions. There are two theories regarding the precedence of issues of the 1561 Stowe edition depending on presence of woodcuts in the Prologue; one issue without woodcuts and one with. David R. Carlson ("The Woodcut Illustrations in Early Printed Editions of Chaucer&#39;s Canterbury Tales," in Chaucer Illustrated: Five Hundred Years of The Canterbury Tales in Pictures [British Library, 2003]) states (challenging the old orthodoxy of Pforzheimer) "The most plausible explanation seems to be that the printer and publisher of the [Stowe] edition, came into possession of the woodcuts belatedly after most of the press work for the edition had been done. After obtaining the blocks, they ran up a new issue of the beginning of the book, incorporating a "General Prologue" illustrated with woodcut. In all documented cases, the unillustrated [i.e. first]"General Prologue" occurs with a title page showing the Chaucer arms, dated 1560 at the top of the shield. A different title-page, dated 1561, is found in copies incorporating the [woodcut] illustrated General Prologue&#133;." (v. also David R. Carlson, "Woodcut Illustrations of the Canterbury Tales, 1483-1602). More specifically a recent Robert Temple Catalogue adds: "The first three gatherings [in the 1561 second issue] &#133; were entirely reprinted, this being done to permit the inclusion of twenty-two wood-cut illustrations in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales the signatures running [floret]4 ([floret]iii being mis-signed Aiii), +6, A4, B - I6. instead of the [floret]4, A - I6. of the [first] issue. In the illustrated [i.e. second] issue some damage to the wood-cut frame of the first secondary title is apparent which is not evident in the [first] issue: a crack in the wood extends from the centre of the lower edge, up through the box identifying King Henry IIII to just left of centre of the title box, and another from the top left-hand corner of the title-box, through the box identifying King Henry VII and ending, apparently at a worm-hole, in its top rules. STC, 2nd edition, unaccountably and without assigning a reason, lists these two issues in the reverse order - despite the evidence in the illustrated issue of the later date on the title-page, the obviously interpolated gathering + (which contains the first six illustrated leaves of ten, the rest being in the variant, short, gathering A), and the extended splitting of the wood-block on the title-page to the Canterbury Tales which shows only a slight split at the extreme tail in the [first] printing, and no worm-hole." Professional restoration to the present copy include wash and repair of title page with ancient replacement of top inch and periphery of same not affecting text; repapering of Prologue gutters; new pastedowns & fly papers. All that said, a complete copy without loss of text. Light peripheral worming. Handsomely bound in appropriate period style full ruled English calf, five raised bands, six compartments; morocco title & date labels. This copy was presented by the Durants to Wellesley College (their diminutive blind stamp to the margin of the second leaf) then sold in 1912 to George Herbert Palmer & then to Lewis Kennedy Morse. Folio, 12 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches (310 x 215 mm); [x], ccclxxviii leaves. Divisional title pages of the "Caunterburie Tales" and "Romaunt of the Rose" (both from Edward Hall&#39;s 1550 Vnion of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke) in ornamental border (McKerrow & Ferguson, 75), showing the ascent of Henry VIII. Large woodcut of the Knight at the head of his tale (recto of B1) flanked by two wood-cuts of pillars re-used from the quarto edition of the 1537 Coverdale Bible. Collation: Floret4; A-I6; K-U6; Aa-Ii6. Kk-Pp6; Q-U6; X-Z6; Aaa-Iii6; Kkk-Uuu[8]. Numerous oddities in foliation (for which see Pforzheimer, 176) though catchwords and signatures remain constant. A handsome & supple folio in sixes copy beautifully printed in fifty-five line, two-column black-letter Gothic. The 1561 Stowe edition is probably the one known to William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser and presents some nineteen poems here first printed from manuscript sources. (STC5076) Copyright 2014 William Chrisant, Virginia Book Shop, Inc.; Folio ; Additional images and further information provided upon request. .

MOGGE, Jacob.Algemeene manier tot de practijck-oeffeningh der sonne-wysers. . . With: (2) LANSBERGIUS, Philippus. Beschrijvingh der vlacke sonne-wysers: . . . Nieuwelijx oversien ende met noodige byvoeging verrijkckt, door Jacob Mogge . . . Middelburg, Willem Goeree, 1675. 2 works in 1 volume. Small folio (27.5×18 cm). With numerous woodcut diagrams in the text. Contemporary vellum. Ad 1: Bierens de Haan 3286; Crone Library 283; Houzeau 11524; ad 2: Bierens de Haan 2676; Crone Library 281; Houzeau 11499; V.d. Aa V, p. 282 (Mogge); NNBW II, cols 775-782 (Lansbergius). Reissue with a new title-page by Goeree of these two works on sundials. It was printed by Thomas Berry for Zacharias Roman and issued together with the work by Lansbergius. Mogge opens his work with a general introduction to geometry and astronomy and proceeds with a description of sundials on a flat surfaces.It deals with sundials on flat surfaces. Philips Lansbergen (1561-1632) worked as physician and pastor in Middelburg, Zeeland, and has several publications in the field of astronomy to his name. Both works are richly illustrated. Ex-libris of A. de Kluijs, two small ownership stamps on the endleaves, small ownership entry on title-page, and small slip from a catalogue pasted on endleaf; parts of spine missing and hinges slightly damaged. Good copy.

CASSERIO, Giulio (Julius CASSERIUS).De vocis auditusq[ue] organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatibus duobus explicata ...(Colophons: Ferrara, Victorius Baldinus, 1601 & "1600" [= 1601]). 2 parts in 1 volume. Royal folio (40.5 x 27.5 cm). Engraved title-page with the title in a large oval scrollwork cartouche surrounded by and incorporating dozens of skeletons and skulls of people and animals, 2 full-page engraved portraits (of the dedicatee Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, and the author) and 34 full-page anatomical engravings on integral leaves. 17th-century sheepskin parchment. Garrison & Morton 286; Krivatsky 2199; LeFanu, Notable medical books, p. 57; Norman 410; Roberts & Tomlinson, pp. 259-263; Wellcome 1333. Beautiful first edition of a ground-breaking work on the anatomy of the vocal and auditory organs, written by the well-known anatomist and surgeon Giulio Casserio (1561?-1616). It was his first publication and contains 2 separate treatises that were issued together, the first on the anatomy of the larynx and the second on hearing and the anatomy of the ear. Although the colophon of the first part is dated 1601 and that of the second part 1600, the second treatise also refers to observations made in 1601. Casserio made some important contributions to the science of the anatomy of the sense organs, particularly the vocal and auditory organs. He based much of his work on zoötomic research and many of the 34 large and beautifully designed engravings show zoötomic subjects, including the vocals organs of a grasshopper, a dog, a rat and a frog. His research covered both the superficial and deep muscles and includes the first precise description of the two cricothyroid muscles.With 3 owners' inscriptions at the foot of the title-page, 2 struck through but partly legible and the third reading "ex libri Francisci Ardinone". With some marginal worm holes and a water stain in the gutter margin of the first 3 preliminary quires and an occasional leaf with browned patches, but still a good copy and with large margins. The binding has some stains, minor abrasions, and repairs to the upper part of the spine, but is also still good. An important and magnificent medical work with spectacular anatomical engravings.

PICCOLOMINI, AlessandroDella Grandezza della Terra et Dell&#39;acqua Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1561. Small quarto, with woodcut diagrams in the text; minor staining to last (colophon) leaf and a few margins towards end; a very good copy in later patterned boards. The water and the land. A treatise on the globe and a survey of contemporary cosmographical knowledge and methodology by a well-known Italian astronomer and cosmographer. A senior figure in the church, a poet, and a writer on philosophy and science, Piccolomini (1508-1578) was appointed archbishop of Patrasso in 1557 and later archbishop of Siena. Piccolomini&#39;s Trattato is of interest to the history of antipodean theories: it was in this book that he most strongly argued his views about the make-up of the earth, contradicting the views associated with Aristotle and Ptolemy that there must be more water than land. His belief that the land mass must be greater than the oceans was more than just a disagreement with the classical writers, as it became a controversy played out in print between Piccolomini and his contemporaries Antonio Berga and Giambattista Bennedetti. Several of the 14 chapters here are devoted to the debate (the last, for example, is headed &#39;Digressione contra una vana imaginatione d&#39;uno scrittore moderno, con laquale si pensa salvare la terra minore dell&#39;acqua&hellip;&#39;). The work contains several substantial references to newly-discovered lands, mentioning the Straits of Magellan along with several other references to the Americas, and discusses the Southern Ocean. Alden notes the 1558 edition of this work, but does not mention this one which has an identical collation.

Bruni, Leonardo [or Leonardo Aretino]La historia universale de suoi tempi...con la Giunta delle cose fatte da Quel Tempo Fino All'anno MDLX...Riveduta, Ampliata & Corretta per Francesco Sansovino Venice: [Francesco Sansovino, , 1561]. Venice: [Francesco Sansovino, 1561] Contemporary stiff vellum with gilt red morocco label, edges stained blue. . Quarto. Woodcut device on title. Originally published in Latin, the translator is Donato Acciaiuoli (1429-1478), whose Italian version was first published in Venice in 1476. Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444) was an Italian scholar and statesman, who served as chancellor of Florence and as spostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414). His Florentine history has been called the first modern history book (James Haskins in his edition of History of the Florentine People, Harvard University Press, 2010). He was the first historian to write using the three-period view of history: Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Modern, and though his dates were a bit different from those used by modern historians, he laid the foundation for this tripartite view of history, which is secular in nature, even though that may not have been what Bruni intended. He used the phrase studia humanitatis, meaning the study of human endeavors, as distinct from theology and metaphysics. This is where the term humanist comes from. Bruni also translated into Latin many works of Greek philosophy, such as Aristotle and Procopius.

Bruni, Leonardo [or Leonardo Aretino]La historia universale de suoi tempi...con la Giunta delle cose fatte da Quel Tempo Fino All'anno MDLX...Riveduta, Ampliata & Corretta per Francesco Sansovino Venice: [Francesco Sansovino, 1561] Contemporary stiff vellum with gilt red morocco label, edges stained blue. . Quarto. Woodcut device on title. Originally published in Latin, the translator is Donato Acciaiuoli (1429-1478), whose Italian version was first published in Venice in 1476. Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444) was an Italian scholar and statesman, who served as chancellor of Florence and as spostolic secretary to four popes (1405-1414). His Florentine history has been called the first modern history book (James Haskins in his edition of History of the Florentine People, Harvard University Press, 2010). He was the first historian to write using the three-period view of history: Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Modern, and though his dates were a bit different from those used by modern historians, he laid the foundation for this tripartite view of history, which is secular in nature, even though that may not have been what Bruni intended. He used the phrase studia humanitatis, meaning the study of human endeavors, as distinct from theology and metaphysics. This is where the term humanist comes from. Bruni also translated into Latin many works of Greek philosophy, such as Aristotle and Procopius.

Chaucer, GeoffreyWorks. The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed, with Divers Addicions, whiche were Never in Printe Before: With the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere. First issue of the Stow Edition with Chaucer&#39;s arms dated 1560 and without the second issue&#39;s added woodcuts London: John Kyngston for Jhon Wight. Very Good. 1561. Fifth edition, first issue; First. There are some conflicting theories regarding the precedence of issues of the 1561 Stowe edition depending on presence of woodcuts in the Prologue; one issue without woodcuts and one with. David R. Carlson ("The Woodcut Illustrations in Early Printed Editions of Chaucer&#39;s Canterbury Tales," in Chaucer Illustrated: Five Hundred Years of The Canterbury Tales in Pictures [British Library, 2003], edited by William Finley and Joseph Rosenblum) suggests (challenging the old orthodoxy of Pforzheimer) "The most plausible explanation seems to be that the printer and publisher of the [Stowe] edition, came into possession of the woodcuts belatedly after most of the press work for the edition had been done. After obtaining the blocks, they ran up a new issue of the beginning of the book, incorporating a "General Prologue" illustrated with woodcut. In all documented cases, the unillustrated "General Prologue" occurs with a title page showing the Chaucer arms, dated 1560 at the top of the shield. A different title-page, dated 1561, is found in copies incorporating the illustrated &#39;General Prologue&#133;.&#39;" (v. also David R. Carlson, "Woodcut Illustrations of the Canterbury Tales, 1483-1602). A past Robert Temple Catalogue notes a second issue 1561 edition was "&#133;issued with a different title-page, bearing the date 1561, using at head and side borders a wood-cut of King Henry VIII and his court. The first three gatherings in fact were entirely reprinted, this being done to permit the inclusion of twenty-two wood-cut illustrations in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales the signatures running [floret]4 ([floret]iii being mis-signed Aiii), +6, A4, B - I6. instead of the [floret]4, A - I6. of the [first] issue. In the illustrated [i.e. second] issue some damage to the wood-cut frame of the first secondary title is apparent which is not evident in the [first] issue: a crack in the wood extends from the centre of the lower edge, up through the box identifying King Henry IIII to just left of centre of the title box, and another from the top left-hand corner of the title-box, through the box identifying King Henry VII and ending, apparently at a worm-hole, in its top rules. STC, 2nd edition, unaccountably and without assigning a reason, lists these two issues in the reverse order - despite the evidence in the illustrated issue of the later date on the title-page, the obviously interpolated gathering `+&#39; (which contains the first six illustrated leaves of ten, the rest being in the variant, short, gathering `A&#39;), and the extended splitting of the wood-block on the title-page to the Canterbury Tales which shows only a slight split at the extreme tail in the [first] printing, and no worm-hole." Professional restoration included wash and repair of title page with replacement of top inch and periphery of same not affecting text; repapering of Prologue gutters; new pastedowns & fly papers. All that said, a complete copy without loss of text. Light peripheral worming. Handsomely bound in appropriate period style full ruled English calf, five raised bands, six compartments; morocco title & date labels. This copy was presented by the Durants to Wellesley College only to be sold in 1912 to George Herbert Palmer & then to Lewis Kennedy Morse. Folio, 12 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches (310 x 215 mm); [5], ccclxxviii leaves. Divisional title pages of the "Caunterburie Tales" and "Romaunt of the Rose" in ornamental border, showing the ascent of Henry VIII then down to Elizabeth. Signatures following [I-V] Prologue: A-I6; K-U6; Aa-Ii6. Kk-Pp6; Q-U6; X-Z6; Aaa1-Iii6; Kkk-Uuu[8]. Numerous oddities in foliation following [CCXXIV] though catchwords and signatures remain continuous throughout. Full page woodcut subtitles for "The Caunterburie tales (recto A1)" and "The Romaunt of the Rose (recto Aa1)." Large woodcut of the Knight at the head of his tale (recto of B1). A handsome & supple copy beautifully printed in fifty-six line, two-column black-letter Gothic. The 1561 Stow edition is probably the one known to William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser and presents some nineteen poems here first printed from manuscript sources. (STC5076) ; Folio ; Additional images and further information provided upon request. .

Curione, Celio SecondoThesaurus linguae latinae, sive forum romanum, in quo autorum quorum autoritate latinus sermo constat, omnium, tum verba tum loquendi modi omnes pulcherrimè explicantur [Frobenium et Episcopium], Basileae 1561 - First edition, 3 volumes, folio; text in double column; full contemporary blind-tooled pigskin (darkening along edges and spine) dated 1564, later armorial supralibros stamped in gilt on upper and lower covers, manuscript spine titles, remnants of clasps and hasps; textblocks fine. A very good, sound set.Curione (1503-1569) was an Italian humanist, grammarian, Protestant theologian, and a suspected antitrinitarian. He studied at the University of Turin, and in 1536-39 he was Professor at the University of Pavia. Persecuted for his sympathies toward the Reformation, he first tried to find refuge in Venice, Ferrara and Lucca (where he met Pier Martire Vermigli, Celso Martinengo, and Girolamo Zanchi). In 1542 he fled from Italy in order to escape the Inquisition, and settled in Switzerland. From 1542 to 1546 he taught at the University of Lausanne, before moving to the University of Basel, where he would remain 23 years, until his death, as Professor of Theology and Classical Studies, during which time the present Thesaurus was composed.Adams C3094; Vancil, p. 65. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

"Curione, Celio Secondo""Thesaurus linguae latinae, sive forum romanum, in quo autorum quorum autoritate latinus sermo constat, omnium, tum verba tum loquendi modi omnes pulcherrimè explicantur" Basileae: [Frobenium et Episcopium], 1561. Basileae: [Frobenium et Episcopium]. 1561. "First edition, 3 volumes, folio; text in double column; full contemporary blind-tooled pigskin (darkening along edges and spine) dated 1564, later armorial supralibros stamped in gilt on upper and lower covers, manuscript spine titles, remnants of clasps and hasps; textblocks fine. A very good, sound set.& & Curione (1503-1569) was an Italian humanist, grammarian, Protestant theologian, and a suspected antitrinitarian. He studied at the University of Turin, and in 1536-39 he was Professor at the University of Pavia. Persecuted for his sympathies toward the Reformation, he first tried to find refuge in Venice, Ferrara and Lucca (where he met Pier Martire Vermigli, Celso Martinengo, and Girolamo Zanchi). In 1542 he fled from Italy in order to escape the Inquisition, and settled in Switzerland. From 1542 to 1546 he taught at the University of Lausanne, before moving to the University of Basel, where he would remain 23 years, until his death, as Professor of Theology and Classical Studies, during which time the present Thesaurus was composed.& & Adams C3094; Vancil, p. 65."

[GRATAROLI, Guglielmo], edVerae Alchemiae Artis&#39;que Metallicae, Citra Aenigmata, Doctrina, certus&#39;que modus, scriptis tum novis tum veteribus nunc primùm & fideliter maiori ex parte editis, comprehensus: quorum elenchum à Praefatione reperies 8 p.l., 244, 299 pp. Folio, cont. limp red-dyed vellum (upper outer corner of lower cover somewhat mouse-eaten), ties gone, yapp edges. Basel: H. Petri & P. Pernam, 1561. First edition of this very uncommon book and a lovely crisp copy in contemporary red-dyed limp vellum. "One of the earliest collections of alchemical writers, containing 53 texts, a full list of which is given by Ferguson. It includes works by Geber, Roger Bacon, Arnaldus de Villanova, Albertus Magnus, Raymundus Lullius, Joa. de Rupescissa, Gugl. Gratarolo (the editor), and many others."-Duveen, p. 268. "Gratarolo was a native of Bergamo, where he was born in 1516. He went through the customary training, and then turned his attention to medicine. Having acquired a liking for Protestantism he settled in Basel in 1555, and remained there till 1562, when he was summoned to Marburg as professor of medicine. He, however, remained only a year there, and returned to Basel, where he practised medicine and wrote several works."-Ferguson, I, p. 342. A fine copy. Occasional light browning or very faint dampstaining. &#10087; Hirsch, II, p. 634. Thorndike, V, pp. 600-16. .

Valgrisi, Vicenzo.Arabia felice nuova tavola. Venice, Valgrisi, 1561.. Engraved map (19 x 26 cm).. "A blown-up copy of the map designed by Gastaldi in 1548" (Al Ankary). The Gastaldi map "was the first modern map of the Arabian peninsula"; for the first time it "clearly shows the island of Bahrain and Qatar" (ibid.). - Al Ankary 136.Tibbetts 27. Cf. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi 19 (the small version only).

Yearbook. Tottell, Richard (printer); Rastell, J.Le Liver des Assises & Plees del Corone, Moves & Dependantz... 1561. [Yearbook]. [Edward III]. [Rastell, John, Editor]. Le Liver des Assises & Plees del Corone, Moves & Dependantz Devaunt les Iusticez Sybien en Lour Circuitz Come Aylours, En Tempz le Roy Edwarde le [T]ierce, Iadis Roy Dengleterre, Ouesque un Table dez Principall Matters del Pleez del Corone. London: in Aedibus Richardi Totteli, 1561. [iv], cccxxvi ff. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Title page printed within handsome woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorated initials. Some toning, light browning to a few leaves, tiny wormholes in a few places. Light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf, minor edgewear to preliminaries and final few leaves. Ex-library. "3277" in early hand to head of title page, stamp to verso and verso of final leaf. An attractive copy. * Later edition, one of two issued by Tottell in 1561. A selection of reports for 1-50 Edward III (1327-1377), the Book of Assizes, is one of the most important of the Year Books and of unique value to the study of English legal history. As Stanley Milsom has observed, it is the "only collection of reports from the country," that is the only collection of reports from the justices on assize (circuit) rather than in the central courts at Westminster. It is therefore "rich in apparent curiosities" because "it reports processes we do not otherwise see, on circuit, before juries." The first edition was printed in 1514 by John Rastell. OCLC locates 5 copies of the 1561 edition (both issues) in North American law libraries (Columbia, Harvard, NY Law Institute, University of Pennsylvania, York University). Milsom, Historical Foundation of the Common Law (2nd. Ed., 1981) 299, 55. English Short-Title Catalogue S126326. Beale, Bibliography of Early English Law Books R50..

Ruscelli, GirolamoSeptentrionalivm Partivm Nova Tabvla Venice, Ruscelli, Girolamo, 1561. North Atlantic. "Septentrionalium Partium Nova Tabula". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice, 1561. This map is a reduced version of the Nicolo Zeno map of 1558. With title above the map. 20,5:26 cm.. Burden: The Mapping of North America, nr. 29 - A map of the northern part of the Atlantic ocean with Greenlad and Iceland. Girolamo Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia included newly engraved copperplates by Giulio and Livio Sanuti. The curious fact is that this map is one of two that were engraved on the same plate, printed and than separated for the book. This can be seen in the atlas by the fact that the plate mark of the map runs off the top of the page.

Gastaldi, Giacomo.Il disegno della seconda parte dell' Asia. Venice, 1561.. Engraved map, printed from two copper plates (780 x 505 mm).. First edition of the most sought-after map of the region. "The first modern map of the Arabian peninsula" (Al-Ankary). After Gastaldi's small map of 1548, this large wall map on joint sheets is regarded as the first "modern" map of Arabia and served as a model for all further mapping of the peninsula until the 19th century. Gastaldi is regarded as "the most important 16th century Italian cartographer. His maps are very rare, as they were issued separately to order and were not part of atlas" (Al-Quasimi). Gastaldi used various sources including Portolan charts of the region drawn by the 16th-century Portuguese explorers. Many details, such as the coastline of the Arabian Gulf, certain coastal towns, or the peninsula of Qatar, are mapped and named for the first time. It is the most valuable among the early maps of the region. "Although the shape of the peninsula is distorted by modern standards, the Qatar peninsula and Bahrain are both shown - details that are missing on some maps produced up to almost 300 years later" (Stuart McMinn Catalogue). - Tibbets 28. Tooley II, 143. Cf. Al-Ankary 133 (for the small map only). Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi 23 with 2 figs. (but only an incomplete copy of a later edition).

Gastaldi, Giacomo.Il disegno della seconda parte dell' Asia. Venice, 1561. - Engraved map, printed from two copper plates (535 x 806 mm). First edition of the most sought-after map of the region. "The first modern map of the Arabian peninsula" (Al-Ankary). After Gastaldi's small map of 1548, this large wall map on joint sheets is regarded as the first "modern" map of Arabia and served as a model for all further mapping of the peninsula until the 19th century. Gastaldi is regarded as "the most important 16th century Italian cartographer. His maps are very rare, as they were issued separately to order and were not part of atlas" (Al-Quasimi). Gastaldi used various sources including Portolan charts of the region drawn by the 16th-century Portuguese explorers. Many details, such as the coastline of the Arabian Gulf, certain coastal towns, or the peninsula of Qatar, are mapped and named for the first time. It is the most valuable among the early maps of the region. "Although the shape of the peninsula is distorted by modern standards, the Qatar peninsula and Bahrain are both shown - details that are missing on some maps produced up to almost 300 years later" (Stuart McMinn Catalogue). Tibbets 28. Cf. Al-Ankary 133 (for the small map only). Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi 23 with 2 figs. (but only an incomplete copy of a later edition). [Attributes: First Edition]

"CASTIGLIONE, BALDASAR, Count.""The courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio divided into foure bookes. Very necessary and profitatable [sic] for yonge gentilmen and gentilwomen abiding in court, palaice or place, done into Englyshe by Thomas Hoby" London: imprinted by Wyllyam Seres at the signe of the Hedghogg. 1561. "First edition in English, small 4to, pp. [392]; collating: A-C4 ([C4] blank wanting), A-Z4, Aa-Zz4 (Uv3 signed U3), 2 leaves unsigned (last, probably blank, and wanting); text in black letter; title within an architectural woodcut border, the bottom neatly reinforced on the verso and with 2 small chips out in the fore-margin not touching any letterpress; 18th century full mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1, all edges stained red; overall a very good, sound copy of a rare book. With the South Library bookplate, Earls of Macclesfield, with 3 small pressure stamps in the preliminaries. The single unsigned leaf at the end has a letter from Sir J. Cheke to Hoby, not reprinted in later editions, and a colophon.& & Printing and the Mind of Man 59 (citing the Aldine edition of 1528): ""&#39;The Courtier&#39; depicts the ideal aristocrat, and it has remained the perfect definition of a gentleman ever since. It is an epitome of the highest moral and social ideas of the Italian Renaissnce, many of them inspired by classical examples ... The book was translated into most European languages ... but its most potent influence was probably in England. In 1561 Sir Thomas Hoby published an English translation which became one of the most popular books of the Elizabethan age. Its influence can be seen frequently in Shakespeare - particularly Polonius - Spenser, Ben Jonson, Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Burton, and later in Shelley&#39;s Hymn to Intellectual Beauty. Its conversational form had a great impact on the development of English drama and comedy and in the seventeenth century two famous books on the gentlemen appeared, that by Peacham intended for the Cavaliers and that by Brathwaite intended for the Puritans. In spite of the changes in the character of courts during the eighteenth century and the great attack launched on the conception of the &#39;courtier&#39; by the French Revolution, the ideal of the &#39;gentleman&#39; still fortunately survives.""& & STC 4778; ESTC locates 22 copies in all, 8 inthe U.S.: Harvard, Folger, Duke, Huntington, Newberry, Illinois, Yale, and Texas."

Moshe ben Maimon and Ovadia of Bartenura, Rambam and Ovadiya miBertonura, commentaries byMishnayot MeSeder Nezikin. Masekhet Masechet Nezikin [ONLY] im perush harav rabeinu Moshe bar Maimon z"l vehim perush kevod moreinu harav rabi Ovadiya miBertonura z"l Yaakov ben Naftali Ha-Cohen of Gazzolo Yaakov Cohen Jacob Cohen, Mantua 1561 - Title page within woodcut architectural border. This is only one volume of six. This printer began publishing the set in Sabbioneta, [1559] and completed it in Mantua [1563]. Complete sets are rare. The condition of the pages, except for the title page is very good, however, the title page is shorter, and what is worse, leaves 6, 7 and 8 are missing. Leaf four (Dalet) is here twice, once in its correct place, after leaf 3 (gimel), and also between the title page and leaf 2. The complete volume should have 116 leaves. This copy has 113 leaves plus an extra leaf number 4. The first two Orders were printed by Foa in Sabbioneta and then completed in Mantua. complete sets are rare. The Mantua volumes were the last books to be typeset by Jacob Cohen of Gazzolo before he retired. He had served at the press of ¿Foa in Sabbioneta and came to Mantua in 1556 where he established a reputation for splendid typographical work. See Amram, The Marks of Hebrew ¿Books in Italy, pages 288-193 and 325. There are a few woodcut text diagrams. The first two Orders of this edition were printed by Tobias Foa in Sabbioneta; the last four Orders in Mantua by Jacob Cohen. But here there is only one volume. The Hebrew press at Sabbioneta escaped lightly from the storm of Paper condemnation of Hebrew books which was raging at the time in Venice and Rome. Indeed, the Sabbioneta Hebrew press flourished between the years 1551 and 1559, and Hebrew books never previously published ¿ even those treating aspects of Christianity ¿ were issued with considerable freedom. The decree of Pope Paul III in 1553 passed over the city without apparent effect ¿ a tribute ot the liberality and culture of the ruling prince of the province. The Mantua volumes were the last books to be typeset by Jacob Cohen of Gazzolo before he retired. He had served at the press of Foa in Sabbioneta and came to Mantua in 1556 where he established a reputation for splendid typographical work. See Amram, The Markers of Hebrew Books in Italy, pages 288-293, 325. [Attributes: Hard Cover]